The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization

by Nicholas P. Money

Book Overview

The great Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley once wrote, "I know of no familiar substance forming part of our every-day knowledge and experience, the examination of which, with a little care, tends to open up such very considerable issues as does yeast." Huxley was right. Beneath the very foundations of human civilization lies yeast--also known as the sugar fungus. Yeast is responsible for fermenting our alcohol and providing us with bread--the very...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190270713
• ISBN13: 9780190270711
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"